Re: Compaq Proliant 800 Server (BIOS P14) boot order.

Hi Adam,

The SATA card has BIOS which is enabled so this has priority over the onboard SCSI due to the PCI scan order which the system performs.

If possible, disable the BIOS on the SATA card using it's rom based setup or utility.This will allow only the remaining onboard SCSI controller to be seen as a boot controller. Alternatively if the SATA card cannot be changed, insert a SCSI controller in one of the PCI slots which has a scan order BEFORE the SATA card and run the SCSI cable to your system disks. The PL800 primary and seconday PCI slots are shown in the attached image. The controller in a primary slot will be scanned before one in a secondary slot.

Something like an Adaptec 2940UW or 29160 should do the trick if required.